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John R. Bodo

... Aramaic word for twin. Question: what happened to the other twin? In the absence of any clue in the New Testament, I feel free to suggest that Thomas had a twin brother who died, in the full flower of youth, just before Thomas met Jesus. That is my hypothesis. Now let me develop it a little further. Suppose that this twin brother had been very close to Thomas, that he was half of Thomas' life, and that his death left Thomas a mere survivor, with no life of his own -- and that Thomas continued in this state ...

2. Natural Or Supernatural?

Luke 9:28-36

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Louis H. Valbracht

... , the supernatural dwindled. And for many of those impressed by natural law, their impulse was to take God to the frontiers of the universe and bow him out. As Staley, one of the great astronomers, has said, "We no longer need the God hypothesis to explain the universe." For many today, the natural order is everything, fills everything, and explains everything. Oh, the sheer nonsense, the ignorant stupidity of splitting up the universe. God lives up there in the supernatural. We live here in the down-to ...

3. Let Christ Speak The Word

Luke 7:1-10

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... in and through everything in God's creation. One of the more intriguing theories has been developed by a Princeton University physicist by the name of Edward Witten. He invites us "to jump into a world of infinite dimension."2 Some have labeled his hypothesis as a "theory of everything." The "string theory," as it is commonly called, does away with the familiar image of a universe composed of billiard ball-like particles which are pushed and pulled by forces of gravity and electricity. In the 1920s, quantum ...

4. The Miracle of Christ

Ephesians 3:14-21

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Robert G. Tuttle

... , mechanical minds speaking today. A professor at Harvard writes: "Man is responsible to himself and for himself." There is nothing more. There is no future in that. A brilliant professor from the University of California writes: "Supernaturalism is obsolete, and God is a superfluous hypothesis." Do you want to hang your future on that? Put this approach to life into the computer and you will be covered up, not by horses, but by death before A.D. 2000. The computer is good in its place, but it cannot solve ...

5. When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough

Ecc 2:1-26

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David E. Leininger

... On and on, that theme is repeated through twelve chapters. It is the work of an angry, cynical, skeptical man who doubts that there is permanent value in anything. Have you ever wondered about that? We must give the ancient Teacher credit though. Despite his opening hypothesis that there is nothing in this life that has any enduring worth, he at least tests his theory. He decides to see if wisdom and knowledge will do the trick and resolves to become the wisest in the world, but he notes that both the wise ...

6. The Danger of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

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David E. Leininger

... to a ball game last week, so it was only fair. There is a young man here hoping against hope that he will meet a special young lady. Lots of reasons. But of all the possible reasons why you are here this morning, let us assume, just as a working hypothesis, that you are all here because you are trying to follow Jesus. You could have slept late - lots of people do. You could have gone to the lake or played golf; its a good day for that. But perhaps you are here in worship because you are trying, in your ...

7. When You Feel Helpless

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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King Duncan

... Webber, but there is much more to it than that. He proceeded to expand its meaning to “never live as though God does not exist." Or, stated positively, “Always live in awareness of God's existence." (5) If you claim to be helpless, according to professor Webber's hypothesis, you are taking God's name in vain. As one author reminds us: God knows our name (John 10:3). God numbers the hairs on our head (Matthew 10:30). God counts the steps of our feet (Job 14:16). God bottles the tears from our eyes (Psalm ...

8. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

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Donald B. Strobe

... orphan universe which seems to have been swept clean of the presence of God in recent years. The French mathematician and astronomer LaPlace, when asked what role God played in his picture of the universe, replied simply that he had "no need of that hypothesis." Carl Sagan's entertaining "Cosmos" series on the Public Broadcasting System seemed to say that all questions in heaven and earth could be answered by science, so who needs God? How orphaned we all feel when we are confronted with the vastness of the ...

9. Secretary to Saint Peter

Mark 1:1-8

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Donald B. Strobe

... DO SCHOLARS KNOW WHICH GOSPEL WAS THE FIRST? They don’t. Their theory is based on a highly-educated guess. It is a complicated process and I have no desire to bore you to death with the technical details of what is called the Four-Document Hypothesis developed in the early part of this century by Prof. B. H.Streeter in his famous book The Four Gospels (1924). Suffice to say that when we read the Gospels we see that there are many remarkable similarities between them...especially the first three. The first ...

10. The Whole Shebang in Six Words

John 11:38-44

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Leonard Sweet

... will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules. The idea of a soul, distinct from the body and not subject to our own scientific laws, is a myth" (The Astonishing Hypothesis [Touchstone Books, 1995]}. Other scientists have discovered two small knots of neuronal tissue above each ear they have nicknamed "god spots." These knots seem to mediate peak experiences in religion, creativity and intuition. When these god spots are stimulated, the person ...

11. Against All Hope

Romans 4:1-25

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King Duncan

... die simply because they think it’s time for them to die. They give up, as it were. Others, with a more hopeful attitude, seem to live long vigorous lives. There was a study at the State University of New York at Geneseo which tested this hypothesis. A psychologist began suggesting to fifteen healthy eighty-year-olds in a New York City nursing home that they could have a happy long life. And seemingly it worked. On average these people lived an average of 6.2 years longer than a matching control group ...

12. Just Know Him In His Visible Return

Revelation 1:7-8

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James Merritt

... no hesitation, no equivocation, no indecision about the fact that Jesus is coming again. a. Bold Declaration of His Coming John says, "He is coming." He did not state this as a possibility, a plausibility, or even a probability. Nor did he put it forth as a Hypothesis or a theory. He says flatly, "Jesus is coming again." More surely than the sun rising in the east, and setting in the west; more surely than the sun shining by day, and the moon shining by night; more surely than the wetness of water, and the ...

13. And Again I Say...Amen!

Luke 6:27-36

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Leonard Sweet

... biggest problem now is that we are running out of horses, and the flies are getting thick. You can always find a reason not to say "Yes." Indecision is the byproduct of the critical method. Using the modern scientific method, we can sometimes disprove a hypothesis, but we can hardly prove one. No matter how many times the sun rises each morning, there is no way you can prove conclusively that the sun will rise tomorrow. Indeed, you can more effectively prove that there is reason to doubt whether indeed it ...

14. Decoding the Da Vinci Code (Part One - Exploring the Fiction)

1 Timothy 1:4

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James Merritt

... of Christ should not ever be surprised at it is the relentless attack on what orthodox Christianity believes and the truthful integrity of the Bible that teaches it. Recently, newspapers carried a story about a Florida State University scientist who now is positing the hypothesis that Jesus really didn't walk on water; He walked on ice. He believes there must have been an unusual cold snap 2000 years ago that froze the Sea of Galilee (by the way, that doesn't explain the question of how Peter almost ...

15. A Little Dirt Is Good for You

Mark 7:1-23

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King Duncan

... explore the world. But why the mouth, when sight, hearing, touch and even scent are far better at identifying things?” Here’s the conclusion of many scientists: eating dirt is good for you. In studies of what is called the hygiene hypothesis, researchers are concluding that organisms like bacteria, viruses and even worms that enter the body along with “dirt” spur the development of a healthy immune system. One leading researcher, Dr. Joel V. Weinstock . . . said in an interview that the immune ...

16. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

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Stan Purdum

... of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. Although tradition attributes the authorship of all five of those books to Moses, most biblical scholars from the nineteenth century on have subscribed to an idea of authorship called the "Documentary Hypothesis." That holds that the books of Genesis through Deuteronomy were not written as integrated documents but were assembled and interwoven by an editor from four free-standing sources that no longer exist. Since we have no idea what these were called ...

17. Unstoppable Determination

Philippians 3:1-11

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King Duncan

... he needed to let go of if he were to serve Christ effectively. “Forgetting what is behind . . .” Futurist Faith Popcorn tells about a new guiding principle in sociology which is emerging called the “Second‑Chance Theory.” According to this sociological hypothesis, one of the most important differences between the children of the so-called underclass and the children of the middle‑class and upper-class is that more fortunate children are invariably granted a second chance. “If a kid from the ...

18. The Dirt on Jesus

Luke 12:13-21

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Leonard Sweet

... us that our war on dirt is part of our problem. Why is the prevalence of asthma and allergic disease increasing? Even with huge advances in drug treatment and health care, our immune system seems increasingly compromised. Why? That’s where the hygiene hypothesis comes in. Too much cleanliness might be too much of a good thing. Early exposure to dirt, in the form of bacteria and other infections, might stimulate our immune systems to protect us from certain categories of disease. In other words, what we ...

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